Microsoft smart glasses and baseball

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I happened to see this article this morning on the BBC app and thought it was interesting enough to highlight here. Microsoft has patented some smart glasses similar to what Google and every other tech company is working on.

As the graphic shows, it could be used to display baseball statistics, but I would think it could be more useful than that. The technology could be used to help us learn more about the game much like technology already has.

It's also possible that teams could take advantage of this and add advertising to increase revenues.

It might give you something interesting to do at a Cubs game. Maybe you can even watch another game at which point I would think it would be necessary for Wrigley Field to had these to customers as they enter.

Maybe if Cubs fans were wearing smart glasses they wouldn't be so stupid.

Maybe Joe Morgan would learn a thing or two. Maybe Jim Hendry would realize signing relievers to multi-year deals is often a poor decision.

You never know.

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  1. mb21

    Andrew wrote:

    @ mb21:
    I gotta disagree with you on the complete lack of pitching prospects. Besides Vizcaino and Underwood, they also added Paniagua and Pierce Johnson, both have pretty high ceilings. Also Vizcaino is at the least a potentially dominant closer and possibly could be an ace if his tommy john recovery goes well (which seems to be more and more likely these days). Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think there is plethora of good pitching in our minors, but it definitely got a boost in the last season with high ceiling guys of Paniagua, Johnson, Underwood and Vizcaino

    There’s some talent, but it’s still a long way away and fairly bare all things considered. It’s probably better than it was a year ago, but consider a couple years ago the Cubs had Jay Jackson and Trey McNutt. Both went to shit pretty quickly and the fact is that most of the ones you named will too. Maybe they get lucky, which is what the Cubs really need. That’s entirely possible. It does happen (Wood, Prior, Zambrano in a span of a few years).

    As for Vizcaino, it’s unfortunate, the consensus on him seems to be late inning reliever with a chance of being a number 2 or number 3 starter. Both the Yankees and Braves didn’t like his durability as a starter and both thought his future was as a reliever. Both teams also worried about injuries and both teams ultimately traded him after he had an injury to his elbow (two torn ligaments already).

    Don’t get me wrong, the Cubs came out quite well in that trade. I couldn’t be happier they got a player with his upside for what they gave up, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cubs see him as a reliever only. He will get innings as a starter in the minors to work up strength and stamina, but from what I’ve read, I’m not sure he’ll get a chance to start beyond that.

    We’ll see.

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  2. wpbc

    Suburban kid wrote:

    @ wpbc:
    I couldn’t find that on their site. Too many ad pop-ups, unwanted video streams, and a web font from 1996 making my eyes bleed and my ears close.

    you mean you don’t appreciate clicking on something in their menu and being redirected to a sponsor? what’s wrong with you jabroni?

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  3. wpbc

    Maybe if Cubs fans were wearing smart glasses they wouldn’t be so stupid.

    yeah, because technolgy thus far has really made an impact! (dying laughing)

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  10. JonKneeV

    I happened to see this article this morning on the BBC app and thought it was interesting enough to highlight here. Microsoft has patented some smart glasses similar to what Google and every other tech company is working on.

    As the graphic shows, it could be used to display baseball statistics, but I would think it could be more useful than that. The technology could be used to help us learn more about the game much like technology already has.

    It’s also possible that teams could take advantage of this and add advertising to increase revenues.

    It might give you something interesting to do at a Cubs game. Maybe you can even watch another game at which point I would think it would be necessary for Wrigley Field to had these to customers as they enter.

    Maybe if Cubs fans were wearing smart glasses they wouldn’t be so stupid.

    Maybe Joe Morgan would learn a thing or two. Maybe Jim Hendry would realize signing relievers to multi-year deals is often a poor decision.

    You never know.

    Cool story, bro.

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  14. mb21

    Jesse Pinkman should change his answering machine to this:

    Bro bro bro. 148 3 to the 3 to the 6 to the 9, representing the ABQ, what up, biatch?! Leave it.

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  15. Rice Cube

    Serious question here…this seems similar to a “heads up display” and I thought plenty of people already had patents on HUDs, even before Google Glasses. One link I just read said the concept had been around since at least WWII.

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  18. mb21

    @ Rice Cube:
    I think the concept has been around for a long time, but has the reality to actually complete the project been around for that long?

    Personally, I think these smart glasses will go over about as well as the 3D tv’s. I wear glasses so the one time I tried to watch a 3D TV it sucked. I could put the silly glasses on over my glasses, but then it was just a mess or watch it without the glasses and not see as well. I imagine the same thing will be true for me if or when these are available.

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  20. Aisle424

    mb21 wrote:

    @ Aisle424:
    You should tweet that to that chicagobearjew guy.

    That would be rude. I was raised better than that. My parents taught me that if I can’t say anything nice, I should say it behind peoples’ backs.

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  22. Rice Cube

    @ mb21:

    Well, HUDs are used in some automobiles to actually display the speedometer and other info on the windshield. Also used to denote the artificial horizon in aircraft. Shining an image into the user’s eye like in “Iron Man” or “Halo” is probably years away from feasibility though.

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